Morning Brief: Judgment day
Top Story ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images Voters in Indiana and North Carolina will choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama today. According to the latest polls, Clinton leads in Indiana and Obama is ahead in North Carolina. Adam Nagourney explains what today’s contests mean and lays out three scenarios for how they might play out. The ...
Top Story
Top Story
Voters in Indiana and North Carolina will choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama today. According to the latest polls, Clinton leads in Indiana and Obama is ahead in North Carolina. Adam Nagourney explains what today’s contests mean and lays out three scenarios for how they might play out.
The last polls close at 7 p.m. ET in Indiana and at 7:30 p.m. ET in North Carolina.
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